PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark St James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacques Shellac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St James comes to the cage accompanied by On the Eve of War - Jedi Mind Tricks. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

St James
vs
Shellac

169 cm
21
163 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

178 cm
24
167 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark St James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacques Shellac!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shellac has taken the fight to the clinch.
Shellac scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Mark St James has been cut.
St James fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
St James doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
St James lands with a left to the head.
Shellac tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and St James avoids it.
Shellac taking a breather.
Shellac takes a shot to the head.
St James misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for St James.
St James throws a punch but it's blocked by Shellac.
St James lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
St James scores with a shot to the side of Shellac's head.
St James managing to block the knees to the body from Shellac.
Shellac lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shellac.
St James misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shellac missing with knees to the body.
St James lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shellac landing knees to the head.
Shellac connects with a nasty looking knee right to St James's face.
St James dodges an elbow strike from Shellac.
St James managing to block the knees to the body from Shellac.
St James misses with a punch on the inside.
St James lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Shellac looks gassed!
Shellac has St James pushed against the cage.
St James avoiding damage as Shellac throws knees to the body.
St James tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shellac connects with a knee to the head.
Shellac tries to land knees in the clinch but St James avoids the damage to the body.
St James lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St James works on Shellac's body with a couple of short punches.
St James lands with a right to the head.
St James is working Shellac over against the cage.
St James lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shellac takes a shot to the head.
St James lands a left hand.
A short right from St James on the inside.
St James working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
St James pushes Shellac back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
St James lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shellac backwards.
St James softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
St James makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Shellac is rocked!
St James lands a shot to the body.
Shellac is still on wobbly legs! Can St James finish him?
St James lands with a light punch inside.
St James creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Shellac with a big uppercut! Shellac tries to clinch up but St James pushes him back against the cage and lands another moster strike that crumples Shellac to the mat! Shellac covers up and St James unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mark St James!